Posted Monday 8th October 2007

Air Vanuatu from Brisbane to Santo Direct!

In August, Air Vanuatu began its 737

service from Brisbane to Espiritu Santo. Every Sunday, you can fly direct from Brisbane to Santo, leaving at 10 AM and arriving in Santo in the early afternoon. Direct flights return from Santo to Brisbane every Monday evening. Using the direct flights, you get 7 full days of diving plus time for off-gassing and a few land tours! Air Vanuatu has also improved its service from Port Vila to Santo making for easier connections and shorter layover times. Getting to Santo has never been easier. Check it all out at www.airvanuatu.com.

Posted Monday 1st October 2007

Aquamarine's New SDI/TDI Instructor Trainer

Congratulations to Brian Farrell, Aquamarine's Manager, for successful completion of his SDI/TDI Instructor Trainer course.

Brian is a top instructor and has been teaching tec diving with Aquamarine for over 2 years. With his new credentials, he'll now be able to certify SDI and TDI Instructors. Aquamarine now has 2 full-time SDI and TDI Instructor Trainers, giving Coolidge divers even more opportunity to advance their tec training. And what better place than the Coolidge to go tec? With warm, tropical waters and a massive wreck at depths up to 70 metres, the Coolidge is a tec divers dream. For more information on tec diving with Aquamarine, please visit our tec page.

Posted Saturday 26th May 2007

Aquamarine Protecting Vanuatu's Reefs

Aquamarine is proud to be playing a role in the protection of the reefs around Espiritu Santo. Aquamarine's entire dive team
have all attended

a week of training to become fully certified Reef Check volunteers. Reef Check is a global organization working to educate the public about the value of reef ecosystems and the current crisis affecting marine life. Reef check volunteers, including Aquamarine's dive team, regularly monitor and report on reef health in Espiritu Santo to help the Reef Check organization work towards creating ecologically and economically sustainable solutions to protecting our reefs. Learn more about Reef Check on their website -- and congratulations to Reef Check's new volunteers: the dive team at Aquamarine.

Posted Thursday 4th January 2007

The Coolidge Goes International!

Want to get to the Coolidge but don't want the long (and sometimes overnight!) transit through Port Vila?

Solomon Airlines is now flying from Brisbane to Espiritu Santo via Honiara twice per week. Leave Brisbane in the morning and be in Espiritu Santo in time for happy hour! But there's more than flights to Santo to entice you to the Coolidge -- if your dive shop is running a dive trip with Aquamarine in 2007, you'll also get Aquamarine's dive shop package with free night dives, free photograhpy and much more! Check it out here and contact Dive Adventures to book your Solomon Airlines / Aquamarine Coolidge holiday today!

Dive the SS President Coolidge in Vanuatu

Dive the SS President Coolidge with Aquamarine. As a registered PADI Resort, SSI Instructor Training Facility, SDI Instructor Training Facility and TDI Instructor Training Facility, Aquamarine is the most highly qualified dive shop in Vanuatu. Our guides have logged over 30,000 combined dives on the President Coolidge offering you incredibly adventurous diving as you swim through old corridors and stairwells and descend to depths from 20 to 60 metres. The Coolidge is over 200 meters long and mostly intact, making it possible to do over 20 unique dives on the wreck. To dive the Coolidge is to dive one of the top wreck dives in the world.

But the Coolidge isn’t all that Aquamarine and Espiritu Santo have to offer. There are WWII wreckage sites, gorgeous reefs, stunning blue holes, and fantastic tours to do during your surface intervals. Local resorts also offer kayaking, mountain biking and massage services. Browse our site to learn about the Coolidge, our staff, and our beautiful Pacific paradise. A holiday to Santo, Vanuatu to dive the Coolidge promises to be the dive holiday of a lifetime.